Playing with friends at our annual Easter Egg Hunt...a little rain didn't stop them from having fun chasing each other around the garden!

Adventures in the garden - Aside from the usual playing on the swings, making cakes in the sandbox, going down the slide, and games of hide-and-seek, Sweet Pea discovered the steps up to the parking lot of the next building, and in about 5 seconds she was up them. That baby loves to climb!

Taking a snack break from bike/car riding. Princess Pea got a new, big-girl bike for Easter, and Sweet Pea is learning to ride the Bobby car. So we spent time in the driveway trying out our new skills, which turned out to be mostly sitting stationary while eating muffins! I guess balancing is the first skill, right?

Lots of dandilion-blowing!

Yep, this baby loves to climb! And this broken bench is just so tempting!

Chalk drawing and water painting on the driveway - I love art activities that don't involve any clean up! And because they're so easy to put away, we can always find time to do some art.

Trying out the new climbing wall at our favourite restaurant - to our complete surprise, quick as a flash she was up and over the top!

Our Week Outdoors is a weekly feature here at Mama Pea Pod. Check out my other Play Outdoors posts!

By the way, a quick mommy-tip for you: A couple of minutes before this, she slipped and cut her lip a little - I gave her one of the soothers (binkies/pacifiers/dummies) I keep in the freezer for her (many) cut lip owies. I just give it a quick rinse to avoid frostbite, then she pops it in. Much easier than trying to get her to let me put ice on it!

Wow! We had the most fabulous week outdoors this week! We took a family vacation to Slovenia - what a beautiful country! We stayed in the Lake Bled/Lake Bohinj area, two beautiful lakes nestled in a valley in the alps. We went there in December and in the winter it's just like a Christmas card scene. This trip, in the spring, was just as beautiful with all the blossoms on the trees, the tulips and daffodils blooming in the gardens of the farmhouses, cows grazing in the fields, and lush green on the mountains. Next trip we'll have to try it in the autumn!

There are a LOT of pictures coming up, so brace yourself!

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Riding the tractor at the guesthouse where we stayed

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Examining a snail shell found on a hike along a gorge

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We found a bird's nest too, built right on the rocky side of the gorge - a swallow perhaps?

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﻿Checking out a spider web shimmering in the sunlight

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﻿ Throwing rocks in the lake

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﻿Sweet Pea enjoyed the feel of the pebbles

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Found the world's best stick - with a deep groove down the middle, perfect for rolling pebbles down

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﻿Stopping to smell the spring flowers

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Taking in the view from atop the castle﻿

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﻿ Princess Pea made some friends - the boys who live at the guesthouse. How fabulous is this for a backyard to play in?!

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﻿Feeding the ducks

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Stopping to look up at the trees on a hike up the mountain to a beautiful waterfall

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﻿ Swans need fed too.They ate right out of our hands. Oh, and all that yellow stuff in the water? Pollen! Yup, my allergies were horrendous the whole time!

Um, can you tell that I'm absolutely SMITTEN with my new Hipstamatic app for my iPhone?? (Thanks to Anna for recommending it!)

And here are a few more that aren't 'hip':
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Making a fairy house

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I've realised that my girls don't have enough logs and dirt piles in their lives. Or dinosaurs.

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Enjoying a nap on Mummy's back during a hike

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Sweet Pea was fascinated by the ducks and swans

Watching the sun set over the mountains. (How cute is that little hand on Daddy's knee?!)

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You don't have to take a family vacation to get outdoors with your kids, but it sure does make it extra enjoyable!

Have you checked out the links on the sidebar? They are full of more ideas of fun things to do with your kids!

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